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(11) | EP 2 978 208 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS |
| (57) An image pickup element including an image pickup unit including an array of a plurality
of unit pixels, each of the plurality of unit pixels including a plurality of pixels;
a saturation detection unit configured to detect a saturated pixel based on a plurality
of pixel signals of a subject image output from the plurality of pixels of each of
the plurality of unit pixels; a first image signal generation unit configured to generate
a first image signal of the subject image by combining the plurality of pixel signals
output from each of ones of the plurality of pixels; and an output unit configured
to output information indicating a result of detection of the saturated pixel conducted
by the saturation detection unit and the first image signal.
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